Saturday, 19th December 11:55 PM IST







DILWALE Drops And BAJIRAO MASTANI Grows On Day Two

Yesterday the judgement day arrived and much awaited clash took place at box office. ''Dilwale'' and ''Bajirao Mastani'' have created buzz before release. Both films have some USPs and both have very different type of treatment.

''Dilwale'' has opened in approximate 3100 screens which is almost 35% less than ''PK'' or PRDP. On top of that, yesterday was working day and there was no holiday edge. Still film opened to phenomenal response all over with 70% occupancy. Film was solid in East, North and South as expected. Film collected 22 cr nett on day one.




But film failed to show growth on 2nd day as it was dented by not so good word of mouth. As per early trends, film should collect 19.50 cr nett on day two. Film suffered in Maharashtra and CP big time due to clash. Even big single screens were with other film which dented the numbers.




''Bajirao Mastani'' was slow on Friday morning but film grew on day one evening due to good word of mouth. Film collected 12.80 cr nett on day one. Film grew rapidly on day two due to good word of mouth and collected 15.75 -16 cr nett which was good 20% growth.



Going by the trends, Monday looks lethal for ''Dilwale'' and a big drop will mean writing on the wall. On the other hand even ''Bajirao Mastani'' needs solid number on Monday to hold ground.